LETTER: Country deep in debt, will run out of money

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Sep 30, 2012 at 12:01 AM

This is for all of us who get a check from the government. That includes me because I get my Social Security and Medicare, which I paid for by working about 40 years. It also includes people on welfare and food stamps or any help they receive from the government.

Dear Editor: This is for all of us who get a check from the government. That includes me because I get my Social Security and Medicare, which I paid for by working about 40 years. It also includes people on welfare and food stamps or any help they receive from the government.Mostly, I’m talking to those who don’t understand where the government gets the money to pay for those checks, food stamps, WIC and all other government help. Many people don’t read the newspaper or listen to any news, so you who do please educate those you know who don’t.I know some people on welfare think the president has no end to money. They need to know the only money the president or government has is what people with jobs pay in taxes or what we borrow.Since President Barack Obama has been in office, our credit rating has been lowered twice for the first time in history. We owe more than $16 trillion, much of that accumulated during Obama’s administration. We need to understand we will soon be out of money and, with this president, all of our government checks can stop. It’s nothing racial! We absolutely have to try a new president to try to save our incomes and create jobs.

Emily EdgeworthTuscaloosa

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